Switching between office network & home adsl modem

Small problem. Is it possible for my iBook to automatically detect whether I'm connected to either my office network or my home USB adsl modem? At present, I have to manually go into System Preferences/Network and switch from one to the other and then perform a re-start. Obviously a real pain! There must be an easier way.

Hi there
I don't think that the iBook will able to switch automatically between the two networks depending on where you are. The easiest solution, in my opinion, is to set up two locations in your network preferences, one for home and one for office. Once the two locations are set up then all you need to do to switch between them is to go to the apple menu in the finder and you should see a 'Location' submenu where you can select either the home or office setups without having to go into system preferences. Hope this helps.
William
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